Roots Before Branches chords by Glee

Intro: A F#m E

  F#m
So many things to do and say

But I can't seem to find my way
    D
But I wanna know how
  F#m
I know I'm meant for something else

But first I gotta find myself
    D
But I don't know how

  Bm
Oh, why do
        C#m7
I reach for the stars
         D
When I don't have wings
          E
To carry me that far?

       D      F#m  E
I gotta have roots before branches
  D
To know who I am
     F#m     E
Before I know who I wanna be
  D
And faith
     F#m   E
To take chances
  D
To live like I see
  Bm      E
A place in this world
  A
For me

 F#m
Sometimes I don't wanna feel

And forget the pain is real
    D
Put my head in the clouds
   F#m
Oh, start to run and then I fall

Seein' I can't get it all
      D
Without my feet on the ground

         Bm
There's always a seed
        C#m7
Before there's a rose
         D
The more that it rains
        F#m E
The more I will grow

       D      F#m  E
I gotta have roots before branches
  D
To know who I am
     F#m    E
Before I know who I wanna be
  D
And faith
    F#m   E
To take chances
  D
To live like I see
  Bm      E
A place in this world
  A  F#m E
For me

D
Whatever comes
        E
I know how to take it

Learn to be strong
         B
I won't have to fake it
       F#
Oh, you're understandin'
  D
Oh, but when you come
      E
And do it best

There ain't nothin'
          B
To stoppin' east to west

But I'll still
    E  A
Be standing
F#m     E
I'll be standing

       D      F#m E
If I have roots before branches
  D
To know who I am
     F#m     E
Before I know who I wanna be
  D
And faith
    F#m  E
To take chances
  D
To live like I see
 Bm       E
A place in this world...


  D           F#m  E
I gotta have roots before branches
  D
To know who I am
     F#m     E
Before I know who I wanna be
  D
And faith
     F#m  E
To take chances
  D
To live like I see
  Bm      E   A
A place in this world
    F#m E
For me
A    F#m  E       A
I gotta have roots before branches
F#m  E